dictate
verb
• state or order authoritatively.
• "the tsar's attempts to dictate policy"
Similar:
give orders to,
order about,
order around,
boss (about),
boss (around),
impose one's will on,
lord it over,
bully,
domineer,
dominate,
tyrannize,
oppress,
ride roughshod over,
control,
pressurize,
browbeat,
lay down the law,
act the tin god,
push about,
push around,
bulldoze,
walk all over,
call the shots,
throw one's weight about,
throw one's weight around,
• say or read aloud (words to be typed, written down, or recorded on tape).
• "I have four letters to dictate"
dictate
noun
• an order or principle that must be obeyed.
• "the dictates of fashion"
Similar:
order,
command,
decree,
edict,
rule,
ruling,
ordinance,
dictum,
directive,
direction,
instruction,
pronouncement,
mandate,
requirement,
stipulation,
injunction,
ultimatum,
demand,
exhortation,
bidding,
request,
charge,
promulgation,
ukase,
pronunciamento,
say-so,
behest,
hest,
rescript,
principle,
guiding principle,
code,
canon,
law,
regulation,
precept,
axiom,
maxim,
Origin:
late 16th century (in dictate (sense 2 of the verb)): from Latin dictat- ‘dictated’, from the verb dictare .
